The UAF Faculty Senate passed the following at its Meeting #104 on October 29, 2001:

MOTION:
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The UAF Faculty Senate moves to approve the UAF Academic Development Plan developed in 2001 with the recommendation that the plan be formally reviewed by the UAF Administration and the UAF Faculty Senate during spring semester 2003.

EFFECTIVE:  	Immediately

RATIONALE:  	This motion provides the formal approval 
of the plan by the Senate and sets a timeline for its 
implementation and evaluation for prospective revision 
as needed.

The UAF Faculty Senate passed the following at its Meeting #104 on October 29, 2001:

MOTION:
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The UAF Faculty Senate moves to eliminate the credit hour restriction limiting the use of correspondence study work for certificates, associate and AAS degrees, and bachelor's degrees (page 26, 2001-2002 UAF catalog).

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GENERAL UNIVERSITY REQUIREMENTS

[[No more than 15 semester hours of correspondence study work are accepted toward an associate degree, 32 semester hours are accepted toward a bachelor's degree.]]  If you want to use correspondence study credits from a school other than UAF to satisfy degree requirements, you must have the approval of those courses by the dean of the school or college from which you will graduate; otherwise, you take the risk of not having the courses accepted.  

EFFECTIVE:  	Fall 2002

RATIONALE:  	In a time of technological change in the area of 
instructional delivery, the existing policy has become 
outdated and no longer reflective of our existing 
capabilities in this area of distance delivery.  UAF 
departments are developing and delivering courses and 
entire programs wholly by distance delivery and UAF 
has an extensive history of delivering courses to rural 
students via distance delivery.  It no longer seems 
reasonable or appropriate to single out one distance 
delivery mode for these restrictions.

The UAF Faculty Senate passed the following at its Meeting #104 on October 29, 2001:

MOTION:
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The UAF Faculty Senate moves to amend the policy on Course Restrictions (page 40, 2001-2002 UAF catalog) for graduate degrees as follows:

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Course Restrictions 

You may not use [[correspondence courses,]] credit by examination, audited courses, 500-level courses or courses taken under the credit/no credit option to fulfill the basic course requirements of any degree program.  No more than 12 credits of special topics courses (693 or 695) or individual study (697) may be used toward a graduate degree.  Requests for exceptions to the limit must be approved by the dean of the Graduate School.

EFFECTIVE:  	Fall 2002

RATIONALE:  	The existing policy on course restrictions has 
not kept pace with technological innovations in distance 
delivery of courses, most of which have been implemented 
at UAF.  At the same time, current policy (i.e., that 
governing transfer of credits from other institutions as 
well as instruments of oversight for graduate courses) 
ensures that distance-delivered courses meet the 
standards of UAF's graduate degree programs.  The 
reference to "correspondence courses" as one particular, 
ill-defined form of distance-delivered courses is deemed 
superfluous in this context.

The UAF Faculty Senate passed the following at its Meeting #104 on October 29, 2001:

RESOLUTION:
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WHEREAS, The UAF Faculty Senate notes that the recent search process 
by the statewide administration for the candidates for Vice 
President for Research did not proceed according to normal practices of university governance; and

WHEREAS, In particular, the UAF Faculty Senate expresses concern that 
Dr. Craig Dorman was not interviewed on campus as a candidate 
for this position; and

WHEREAS, The UAF Faculty Senate recognizes that he did come to 
campus as a candidate for the IARC director position, but faculty 
outside that area are unlikely to have met him then and he was 
not interviewed on campus as a vice president finalist; and

WHEREAS, This seems particularly problematic since there has been 
faculty concern over the need for, and the scope of, the position 
of the Vice President for Research; now

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, That the UAF Faculty Senate sends 
notice to President Hamilton that such practices are considered 
outside the norm for university governance; and 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the UAF Faculty Senate considers this an 
unfortunate gap in the process and reminds the President that 
such administrators are here on behalf of the faculty and 
students, both of whom have every intent of reviewing, 
criticizing, commenting, evaluating, and passing judgment on 
their actions.

The UAF Faculty Senate passed the following at its Meeting #104 on October 29, 2001:

MOTION TO REFER:  
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The UAF Faculty Senate moves to refer the motion to amend the UA Nondiscrimination Statement back to the Administrative Committee for further information on the legality of the change and to bring it back to the Senate at the December meeting.  

	EFFECTIVE:  	Immediately

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REFERRED TO COMMITTEE

MOTION: 
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The UAF Faculty Senate recommends that the University of Alaska Board of Regents' amend the UA Nondiscrimination Statement (P04.01.020) as follows:

CAPS  = 	Additions to the statement 

Nondiscrimination Statement				P04.01.020

In accordance with federal and state laws, illegal discrimination in employment against any individual because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, veteran status, physical or mental disability, marital status or changes in marital status, pregnancy or parenthood, or SEXUAL ORIENTATION is prohibited.  Decisions affecting an individual’s employment will be based on the individual’s qualifications, abilities and performance, as appropriate.

EFFECTIVE:  	The UAF Faculty Senate requests that first 
discussion of the amendment be placed on the Human 
Resources Committee agenda at the March BOR meeting.

RATIONALE:  	Under the current policy, students, staff and 
faculty could be discriminated against because of their 
sexual orientation.  As an institution of higher learning, 
the University of Alaska should be setting an example to 
the rest of the state in terms of recognizing and 
respecting all of the diverse peoples of Alaska.  By adding 
sexual orientation to the policy, the university is further 
sending a message to all students, staff, and faculty that 
this is a place where they are welcome, accepted, and 
protected against discrimination. 

The UAF Faculty Senate passed the following at its Meeting #104 on October 29, 2001:

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The UAF Faculty Senate moves to suspend the procedure for votes of censure or votes of no confidence of administrators as approved by the Senate at its Meeting #17 on 9 March 1990, pending review and revision of this procedure by the Senate Faculty Appeals & Oversight Committee. 

In the interim, the Senate requires that faculty calling into question their confidence in an administrator of a college, school, or campus request by memorandum to the UAF Provost and the UAF Faculty Senate President an immediate evaluation of the administrator according to the process defined in the current policy “Guidelines for the Evaluation Process for Administrators” (as passed at Senate Meeting #97, 30 October 2000).  This request must be warranted by a simple majority vote (absentee vote included) of all academic and/or special rank faculty of that unit.  This vote must be taken in a manner that accords with Board of Regents regulation on Open Meetings (R02.06.01 ff.).  A faculty vote of censure or vote of no confidence taken contrary to this interim procedure will be considered out of order by the Faculty Senate and without merit for official action.

	EFFECTIVE:  	Immediately, to be in effect until the Senate 
		approves a revised procedure for votes of censure/votes 
		of no confidence of administrators.

	RATIONALE: 	Faculty at several schools and campuses at 
		UAF have in recent time called for and taken votes of 
		censure/votes of no confidence of administrators without 
		following the approved Senate procedure.  The procedure 
		itself that was passed by the Senate in 1990, however, 
		suffers from several flaws as noted in a statement made 
		by then Chancellor Patrick J. O'Rourke (in memorandum 
		dated April 20, 1990).  Changes in accreditation standards 
		concerning institutional integrity provide incentive for the 
		Senate to revisit the approved Senate procedure to assure 
		due process to administrators, including attention to 
		requisite confidentiality when premature and/or 
		unsubstantiated allegations may otherwise impact 
		negatively on an administrator’s reputation and ability to 
		administer effectively a college, school, or campus.